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stoop to conquer

To adopt a role, position, attitude, behavior, undertaking, etc., that is seen as being beneath one's abilities or social position in order to achieve one's end. The wealthy congressman has to start taking advantage of more popular, mainstream entertainment platforms because the only way he can come back at this point is if he stoops to conquer.

After the poignancy of its World War I drama An August Bank Holiday Lark, the travelling troupe of acting troubadours presents Oliver Goldsmith's 18th century romp She Stoops to Conquer, opening tomorrow.

Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1730-4 April 1774) was an Irish novelist, playwright and poet, who is best known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), his pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770), and his plays The Good-Natur'd Man (1768) and She Stoops to Conquer (1771, first performed in 1773).

Peter Polycarpou, Liza Goddard and Janet Dibley will be among cast members of Last Easter, Peter Pan and She Stoops to Conquer taking part in the evening called Love, Friendship and Death at Wine Republic at The Rep tonight.

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